MAGAs who want Trump’s third term hypothetically block a beloved president’s return to office

It is no secret that conservatives have developed a disdain for the democratic institutions that make up the United States. This has been proven by a ridiculous new attempt by Republican lawmakers to allow it Donald Trump To run for a third term in 2028.

the Ridiculous suggestion This is another huge piece of evidence that MAGA is desperate to have an unelected king instead of a leader. The cult-like nature of the movement, combined with the inherent anti-intellectualism found in their platform, is dangerous territory for the United States, with many comparing Trump’s speech And authoritarian regimes throughout history.

Two-term presidential term limits were established by the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, in response to the election of Franklin Roosevelt to an unprecedented fourth term in 1945. Roosevelt died in office, just one year into his fourth term. This is the first time since then that the idea of ​​an additional term for a US president has been discussed with any semblance of seriousness, although calling anything most Republican politicians do serious is a bit of a stretch. The problem is that clowns and fools can be dangerous.

This disdain for democratic norms, as egregious as it is, still manages to be somehow worse than one would expect. The proposal was introduced by Congressman Andy Ogles, who represents Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District, and specifically bars presidents who have been “elected to two consecutive terms” from running for a third term. We wonder who was being targeted?

Ogles is a particularly reactionary Republican, staunchly opposed to abortion rights, gay marriage, and education funding. Like many Trump sycophants who can’t think for themselves, he has also questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, and has loudly expressed many anti-intellectual views on climate change, arguing in a House debate that it was because temperatures dropped when he hoaxed or bluffed. Treating him with his children meant there was no climate emergency.

The Ogles also had it I signed a pledge Who requests an amendment to the term limits of representatives. He did not comment on the hypocrisy of his position.

The additional provision in his proposal, which appears to target Obama, continues the right-wing obsession with the former Democratic president. Much of the extremism now considered normal in the Republican Party was a reaction to Obama’s election, no doubt a result of the color of his skin. Even as the fear surrounding Obama spreads in conservative circles, he still leaves office with a politician Highest approval rates The outgoing president remains a respected figure on the international scene today. Not quite like failed casino owner Trump, who was recently said to have done so Leaving the British civil service Politicians in “tears of laughter” after a phone call. And it wasn’t because of his sense of humor.

Before the Twenty-Second Amendment, several presidents had discussed the problems that would arise from the lack of term limits, most notably Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson, one of the principal authors of the Declaration of Independence, once Description of the problem With no term limits because the position of president “will become an inheritance.”

This wouldn’t be the first time MAGA’s ideology has run counter to what it supposedly stands for, and it certainly won’t be the last either. Hopefully, this is another failed action by Trump and his followers.